A great early season match-up pits the defending champions San Antonio (6-1) Spurs against the team that finished with the best record last year, Dallas Mavericks (4-2), in a battle of Texas. Dallas continues to be one of the most exciting teams in the league to watch. One of last years biggest surprises, Josh Howard, currently leads the team in points with 23 a game. Dirk Nowitzki is right behind him with 19 points per game. Both of the Mavericks losses have come on the road, in this one they will have the benefit of home cooking.
Manu Ginobili leads San Antonio with just under 20 points a game. When he isn’t scoring, it’s long time Spurs captain Tim Duncan taking over. Duncan is averaging a double-double this year, 17 ppg and 10 rpg. If Duncan is beginning to lose a step in his tenth season, he has failed to make that public. The Spurs-Mavericks game is an interesting battle because it pits an up tempo team like Dallas against a team that looks to execute more in a more deliberate manner. As their record indicated, the Spurs have only lost once, as they continue to show that the West division starts with them. Despite playing the Mavericks at home, I think the Spurs will take this one in a close game. This game is just the beginning of back-to-back games against Texas teams. They play Houston after this one.
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